“Mabes, you’re not allowed to see him anymore!” Ralph said to Mable. Blair stood up and asked, “Old Master Jefferson, I want to know why you won’t allow me to be with Mabes. Are you worried that I’ll hurt her, or do you have some other concerns? “If it’s the former, I assure you that I will love and protect her for the rest of my life.” Ralph stared at him and responded nonchalantly, “Mr. Fowler, you don’t need to promise anything to me. Honestly, I don’t have a problem with you—I have a problem with your entire family!” Mable looked at her grandpa. It was the first time she had seen him speak so harshly. Ralph was furious just by looking at Blair. “Does Luke know that Mabes is my granddaughter? If he knows, I don’t think he’d agree to have you marry her!” Mable and Blair looked at each other. Luke had indeed threatened her to leave him. Neither Luke nor Ralph wanted them to be together. Could there be some deep hatred between their families? “Old Master Jefferson, I
The next day. Mable went to work in the morning and only checked her phone at noon. She was thinking about whether or not to ask Blair out for lunch when she received a message from him. [Are you busy? I’m downstairs. Let’s have lunch together?] Mable raised her eyebrow. ‘How does he know I’m here?’ [I’ll be right down.] She replied to him and left her office. As soon as she exited the building, she saw Blair’s car parked not far away. “How did you know I was here?” Mable got into the car and asked. Blair said, “I heard from your maid.” Mable was surprised. “Hm? You went to my house?” Blair nodded. “I wanted to pay a formal visit to your grandpa. Unfortunately, he didn’t see me.” Mable was speechless.Her grandpa had made it clear last night. He probably did not see Blair today because there was nothing more to say. It was also to show how firm he was. Mable sighed internally. Blair held her hand and said, “Mabes, I won’t give up.” Mable touched her nose
Tracey had been waiting at the company for a long time. When she saw that Blair had finally returned, she was delighted at first. Then, she looked behind him. “Blair, where’s Mabes? Didn’t you bring her back?” She had been waiting during the past few days for them to make up and come back together. Blair answered, “She’s in Ashdale. She has work to do and couldn’t leave.” Tracey nodded. “Will she come back after?” “Mm.” Blair returned to his office and turned on his computer. “Let’s get down to business.” Tracey came back to her senses. She was serious yet angry. “Dad put Anthony in charge of the development project in the northern suburbs. So, Anthony came in this morning and called the relevant people in charge to have a meeting.” Blair did not say anything. He lit a cigarette and smoked it slowly. His deep eyes were unfathomable. “If I remember correctly, all the core data of that project is with you. If Anthony wants to be in charge of that project, it’s useless e
Solomon explained, “I went to Santaviz for work two days ago. Coincidentally, I met a few acquaintances and heard about some things. “Aust, the boss behind the terrorist attack back then, didn’t die. It seems he was just seriously injured and has been in hiding.” Solomon did not expect the explosion not to kill the bastard. Aust must be extremely lucky. “I wanted to trace him but lost him halfway through. I only know he’s hiding on an island in the Terwick Ocean.” “Is that so?” Blair narrowed his eyes and clenched his fists, veins bulging on the back of his hands. “What is Kyle doing these days?” He asked. “Kyle?” Solomon laughed and answered after some thought, “He seems to be looking for someone—the thief who stole the A117 reagent last time.” Kyle had always been eager to do well in everything. He felt insulted when an item under his care was stolen from him. Although he recovered it in the end, he did not catch the person. He was depressed for days and swore to
Rory stayed silent.“Did you call me in the middle of the night just to talk about this?” Mable yawned as she asked. Rory asked in a bad tone, “What else? Did you think I missed you?” “Don’t—don’t ever miss me. I’ll hang up if there’s nothing else. It’s the middle of the night in Ashdale.” Rory did not say anything else, so Mable hung up. She slept until dawn and called Blair when she woke up. “Rory called me last night and said you snatched two of his businesses and made him lose over a billion dollars.” “Mm, I did it,” Blair admitted right away. “Why?” Mable asked. Blair answered after a moment of silence, “Because he hurt you.” He was going to be more extreme than this. However, he hesitated when he thought of how much Mable cared about Rory. In the end, he decided to teach Rory a lesson in a softer way. Mable was startled. She touched her neck. The bruises from Rory’s attack had gone away, and there were no scars left. She did not even care about it herself
The document was only three pages. Blair frowned after reading everything. He had always thought that the Jeffersons were from Ashdale. It turned out that they were from Richworth. They only relocated and settled in Ashdale when Ralph’s father was still around. As for the Jeffersons and the Fowlers, they used to be close neighbors. However, they somehow fell out after that. The two families collaborated in business. One day, the Jeffersons slowly withdrew from the areas the Fowlers were involved in. They also stopped the collaboration with them after that. Solomon said to Blair, “I also heard a piece of gossip about Old Master Jefferson. Apparently, his wife, Mable’s grandma, had an unusual relationship with your grandpa.” The unusual relationship referred to the relationship between a man and a woman. Blair frowned when he heard that. “Where did you hear that gossip from?” “I heard it when I went drinking. I didn’t know if it was true, so I didn’t care much about it. I
Ralph smiled. “I was going to introduce you to each other. I didn’t think you knew each other before this. You’re fated.” Mable was speechless.‘Fated, my ass. ‘More like ill-fated!’ Howard looked at Ralph. “Grandpa Ralph, my grandpa asked me to give you his regards. You know it’s inconvenient for him to walk, or he would’ve come to see you in person.” Ralph waved his hand. “I know. He doesn’t have to go through the trouble if it’s inconvenient. Send him my regards.” “Please sit,” Mable said. Howard sat. He could not help but find it funny when he saw how confused she was. ‘Ms. Jefferson, looks like you don’t know we’re family friends.” “Is that so?” Mable did not know. Ralph nodded. “Yes. We just don’t interact as often now because our families are settled in the south and the north, respectively. That said, our friendship remains.” Mable’s expression stiffened a little. Had she known about the relationship between their families, he would have been merciful to
The Jefferson Residence covered a small area. Apart from the main building, there was a small detached building where Grandpa Ralph lived, separated by a large garden. The sky was still bright at this hour. Mable brought Howard to the garden for a casual stroll around. She asked, “How come I’ve never heard you talk about the fact that our families are friends?” Howard smiled faintly and answered, “When we first met, I didn’t know you were Agnes.” “What about later at the race track?” “I knew, then. I was going to tell you when you wanted to treat me to lunch, but I had something urgent and left.” Mable remembered that day. Speaking of which, Howard suddenly left that day because Blair was jealous and caused him trouble. Mable looked at Howard. After some thought, she said, “Uh, my grandpa doesn’t know I broke one of your brother’s fingers, right?” Howard smiled faintly. “Not yet.” ‘What does that mean?’ Mable thought.Howard explained, “Grandpa Ralph and my grandpa